The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-12
KENTUCN DERBY.
Intense Exc. iueAt at Louis
vile, ) dnesday.
NoNTROsE res ucKY HORSE.
An Attendance r. $4,000 People
The Start, the t-are, the Time
Other N-r Pars.
The Eentrc - Derby.

onens cloudy with prediction OF local
rains. The crowds aboHt5 the pool
rooms and no tells are immense. There
has not been so many strangers in the
CITY since the great Ten Broeek-Mollie
Mccarthy contest.
Wack's Poteen and Pritchard's st.
Valentine are scratched this morning,
bringing the number of starters down
tn seven, as follows: Banburg, Jim
Gore Pendennis, Clarion, Montrose,
Rsnyan and Jacobin. The fayorite way
of betting to-day is buying the field and
sailing tWoi choices. The field brings
40 Banburg $50, Jim Gore $40,
In straight out pools Banburg sells for
$50 Jim Gore $50. Pendennis $40, etc.
All carry l18 pounds except Banburg,
who, being a gelding, is allowed LIS.
Amos McCampbel and Fitzpatrick are
confident that Jim Gore will win. The
former, the owner, it is reported and
generally believed, stands to win $50, 900
Il his horse passes under the ring first.
lin Gore is Louisville; Tits Banburg,
Lexington; and Banyau, Nashville.
There was never so much doubt at a
race, and knowing ones are puzzled the
more they think about it.
MoNTRosE WINS.
The bay colt, Montrose, son of the
Duke of Montrose. dam Patti, wins the
great Kentucky Derby. 1t was not a
great race, but it was pretty one. The
time, 1891, makes a poor comparison
with Ben Ali's last year, when the lat
ter lowered the Derby record to 1864,
after q magnificent contest, but 1t Is
not bad. The weather in the morning
looked a little threatening; at 2 O'Clock
q slight shower fell. Ii lasted only a
few minutes though, and did not affect
the track in the least, Long before the
first drop fell, streams IF vehicles and
street cars, packed and crammed, had
filed Churchill Down with an immense
throng, second in numbers only
to the memorable gathering at
TeubroOk The field was open to
the public, aud looked like about one
half of the big commonwealth of Ken
lucky had been dumped down there.
In the grand stand, he gay costumes
OF tbs ladies st the north end, ana the
fluttering of their fans, afforded a pleas
ant contrast t. the mass OF humanity
packed together like sardines over ali
the other space available. There must
. have been 10000 people present. Gem
eral Robinson, Of Lexington; ColoHel
Green, of st. Louis, and Colonel NJ.
Lewis Clark were the judges. The
horses got off in the first race without
much trouble. It was for maiden
2-year-olds, and there were seven
starters.
Cast Steel won in the fast time of
1031H; distance, fve-eighths of mile.
Second race, mile and a quarter, was
was won handiy by Montana Regent
il 21iK.
The crowd grew nervous waiting for
the big event OF the day, and there was
great deal of applause when Colonel
Clark rang the bell. Jim Gore was first
out. Paddock galloped by the stand,
and was greeted with cheers; His fore
feet were wrapped with red flannel, and
he appeared stiff. Pendennis came
next. The dark brown Californian
looked well, and attracted much atten-
ton. When Banburg appeared, how
ever, he was greeted with loud cheers,
showing where most of the money was.
He looked fit, and his hackers were con-
fdent. The friends of Penden-
MS were also quite enthusiastic.
Lucky Baldwin had said before
the race he was better horse
than GoIiah, and that was conclusive
enough to many who got within
range of the circulation of the state
ment. Out of the original nine entries,
there were only seven started. These
were-Bsnbarg, who was ridden by
Blaylock; Jacobin (StaraD, Clarion
Arnold), Montrose (Lewis), Pendennis
Murphy Jim Gore GFitzpatrick), and
Banyan Godfrey. Odds were Z to 5
against kan3urg, 4 to Jacohin, Is to !
Clarion, Is to l MoGtrose, s to l Pen
dennis, to Jim Gore, Z to Banyan.
The distance was one mile and half.
Billy Chatam, of Nashville, whO sent
them of, had only to drop his flag once
In vain. The second time, after breath
less silence, "thev were off" went up
simultaneously from thousands of
threats. Jac0bin led off, followed
closely by Ba9yan and Montrose, with
sthe rest in bunch, As they swcryed
Into the stretch Banyan Ieaped to the
front; Montrose maintained a good
second and JaCobin third. Down the
stretch. the whole of them closed up
beautifully, Montrose keeping well to
the front all the time. As he came
down past the grand stand great
IN the order named-Montrose
Iacobin, Banburg, Banyan, Jim
Gore, fende8nis and Clarion. Jim
core seemed to &c taki3g things easy,
maintaining his position. while Mont
rose still led, Bsnyan another son Of
King Ban third; Pendennis was sixth
and Jacobin had dropped back to the
last place. At the end of q mile the
positions were not materially changed;
Jim Gore seemed to falter. but gathered
himself up and moved up to the third
Place, at the three-quarter pole; there
41ontross led. @anyan along aside,
I'm ynI Gore and Banbury second.
Lney Whlried into tie stretch and Fitz
patrick was seen to be urging the pop
ulsr son of Hindoo. AS they came
around the turn, Pendennis threw up
ms tail and gave up. He seemed to b.
clear out of form, and ran miserable
race race from the beginning to the end
MEonttoSe sun lee to the surprise of all
Fitzpatrick had been instructed Ia VIII
the race If he had to kill the colt, and as
ne lad on the lash in the stretch, the
9srse was plainly seen imping. Lewis